Newswise — While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet’s soil actually stores more carbon and could become a major sour… [+4184 chars]
A kindergartener in 2005 would have learned very different facts about the number of planets in the solar system than a kindergartener in 2006. Of course, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in … [+5749 chars]
NASA plans to slam a vending machine-sized spacecraft into a space rock the size of a magnificent Egyptian pyramid in 2022. Itll be a first-of-its-kind test to see if they can sway an asteroid from i… [+3681 chars]
Samantha Cristoforetti, on 23 April it will return to orbit for almost 6 months on the ISS for the Minerva ESA mission 7 years after its first expedition: how many post-it notes did you leave on the … [+12141 chars]
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Light on, light off — this is how one could describe the behavior of the nova, which goes by the name RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph). Every 15 years or so, a dramatic explosion occurs in the constellation of t… [+2530 chars]
After a very active first quarter of 2022 which has seen an unprecedented three months for the potential to spot the northern lights across Wales, there doesn't appear to be any sign of such activity… [+1193 chars]
The South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon formed from a gigantic impact about 4.3 billion years ago. But that impact may have changed everything about the Moon, and explain why the lunar farside looks … [+4719 chars]
The first study to compare the accumulation of mutations across many animal species has shed new light on decades-old questions about the role of these genetic changes in ageing and cancer. Researche… [+6334 chars]
These announcements come on the heels of the cancellation of the ExoMars mission, which was set to launch this year as well. The Luna-25 mission was scheduled to photograph the lunar topography with… [+3195 chars]
Using various space and ground-based observatories, astronomers have inspected flaring activity observed on a blazar known as S5 1803+78. Results of this multi-wavelength study, published April 10 on… [+3222 chars]
The path to faster and more powerful quantum computers could be paved with a gemstone called cuprite. Its unique properties have long made it useful for quantum research, but a new experiment could p… [+2985 chars]
